Improvement in gates



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE,

' CHARLES SEEFELD, O F LOMIRA, VISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,084. dated October 23, 1866.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SEEFELD, of Lomira, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented a 'new and useful Improvement in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot this specicatiou.

A,foundationsill; B B,gateposts; C,gate; D, bar with groove for gate to slide in 5 E, lever to raise the barD; F, platform for weight c, cross-sill attached to E for platform to rest upon h, standard ou which E rests and Works; f, standard on Which D rests and Works; g, groove for gate-to run in.; o, Wheels to carry the gate; n, slot in sill for E, Src., to Work in.

Description of Working. By placing weight upon the platform F,

which Weight operates the lever E, and the v lever E,operating upon the bar D,inclines the bar to the rear, and the gate runs back or opens ot'its own gravity. By raising the Weight from the platform F the draft lof the gate brings .down the lever E, which inclines the bar D the platform F as to give the bar D the requisite inclination, sov that the gate opens and closes by its gravi ty. v

CHARLES SE E FELD.

Witnesses HENRY F. ROSE, WILLIAM SEUDON. 

